summer sweat

late-summer sweat,
stuck to legs
and leftover from july

the ants,
still marching
and breathing
and burning
and dying

splinters and nails,
bitten with tender
emotion
and ravaged
denial

and heat
and waves

waves of mosquitos
and waves of wonder
and waves of thinking
too much thinking

waves of breathing,
one breath
then two
then over again

sweaty hands,
soothing sweaty hearts
and wishing of waves
waves and waves
and waves

waves of summer sweat